fanciful devices: What did I tell you

A Stone Is Nobody's

A man ambushed a stone. Caught it.
Made it a prisoner.
Put it in a dark room and stood guard over it for the rest of his life.

His mother asked why.

He said, because it's held captive, because it is captured.

Look, the stone is asleep, she said, it does not know whether it's in a garden or not. Eternity and the stone
are mother and daughter; it is you who are getting old. The stone is only sleeping.

But I caught it, mother, it is mine by conquest, he said.

A stone is nobody's, not even its own. It is you who are conquered; you are minding the prisoner, which is yourself,
because you are afraid to go out, she said.

Yes yes, I am afraid, because you have never loved me, he said.

Which is true, because you have always been to me as the stone is to you, she said.

Russell Edson

FAQs

1. Are you a Southeast Asian dancing girl from the 1800s?

No, sorry to disappoint. My avatar and banner images are from an ancient book I found in the depths of my grandmother's cabinets. More on that here.

2. How do you make everything look so old?

First, you need a good oxidizer to brush on every bit of metal you can reach. I'll tell you all about it here.

Then there's this wax. I first mentioned it here. You'll have to scroll down a lot.

3. How can you be so productive?

I'm insanely obsessed and I have no offspring. I do nothing else- I don't have a day job, I don't clean my house or cook, I spend all day in pjs, often completely abandoning personal hygiene... I only interact with other humans when I walk my dog. And I like people! But I prefer dogs.

And I'm sloppy- but I make that sloppiness work for me.

4. Any tips you'd like to share?

No! Except for these 16 posts about techniques and this one about how to find your aesthetic.

5. Would you be offended if I took some inspiration from your designs?

Well, I'd be happier if you outright copied them.

No really, imitation is how we learn. I have enough ideas to go around. And even if I don't- please. No one's going to do this obsessively enough to threaten my business. (Probably.) I learned by copying others and I've seen others copy me as a step toward developing their own voice. So feel free. (I'd love if you tossed me a link in my comments, so I can feel like a proud momma.)

6. What do you look like?

Why, what have you heard? Really? Wow.

6/13/12

What did I tell you

About looking at our crotches?

This is exactly the kind of ridiculousness that hangs out in my head. I wonder sometimes if etsy shoppers, enticed by my store, ever come here looking for the source of the je-ne-sais-quoi in my pieces, and then... here they find... me.
But!! There are some out there finding magical eye candy in my stead. Like this one who does so for the goth girl in all of us. And there's certainly a little goth girl in me. I actually used to be goth in high school- can we say combat boots with antique black lace tops? and hot pants? with funky black tights? and Egyptian eyes? Yeah.
ANYWAYS- She Walks Softly, fun for the whole family (of voices in your head). Like this:

A medieval unicorn cookbook, 100% real:

An artists who crotchets icons:

Gorgeous group shows including like for example:

Artists who I can dig:

(Sorry Penny/Sparrow)

Girly fun:

And things that make me feel I'm not alone among humans:

And much more than can fit here. Because I gotta pee. And some of you could care less and just wanna see my jewelry.

I did post these two today: Blood of the Vine II. Rustic Gypsy Victorian Tribal Grape Chandelier Earrings with Labradorite.

Blood of the Vine II.

Blue Belles.

But etsy stopped letting me upload photos. But wait, now it is letting me. Well, maybe I'll list more later, I gotta get to making already.

But-and-plus-also, I have a whole new sale section. Maybe take a peek, I dunno. And-also-also, for the next couple purchases, I'm including ephemera packs with a nice variety of items, if I say so myself. Cuz I found myself with tons again, and I've already been destashing beads and bits via purchases, so now I'mna sneeze paper all over you. I always feel like destash is somehow like sneezing on someone. Tho I don't destash crap, of course. I'm brave enough to realize when things need to be tossed or given to Goodwill. Thus shall you never see me on an episode of Hoarders.

Still, yo, Imna destash all over yo face!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...: YeaHHHHHH I love the Regular Show, the hello governor taxi and the unicorns rocked my world. There is always room for the darkness of goth, it's needed to stop our girly side getting too syrupy.; 6/13/12, 3:47 PM
Unknown said...: & I can testify that your paper destashes rock!!; 6/13/12, 5:16 PM
alteredarcheology said...: We musta been walking around in that Goth get-up at the same time, I'm 37...absolutely adore the art you featured, so bizarro.; 6/14/12, 8:16 AM
Tami said...: Blood-of-the-vine II! I wish I wore ear rings-these might make me start to!
Incrediblenous (new word for ya)!; 6/14/12, 9:27 AM
betweenreader said...: I'm too old to have gone goth, but I try it every now and then, however, I don't go out when I do; it's just for me, not WalMart. AND I BIN DESTASHED!! My barbary pirate earrings arrived today in a box load of theengs that required brewing a cup of tea before opening and perusing. Now I have the Marine Corps song ("from the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli) as a brain worm, because the leathernecks went after the barbary pirates. The more things change, the more they are the same ... Gotta vermifuge for songs that go round and around in your skull and won't quit? I LOVE those little coppery teapots and speckly beads and the purpleness of the array!; 6/14/12, 4:36 PM
Jennifer Valentine Morford said...: the teeth purse is completely EW.
I was asking money to send my destash, and it prolly 'aint as good as yers!
Your jewels rock, as always.
xo; 6/15/12, 2:32 PM